Detached eddy simulation on the turbulent flow in a stirred tank

AIChE Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3224-3241

  Gimbun, J ^a,b   Rielly, C D ^b   Nagy, Z K ^b   Derksen, J J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PAHANG   (Malaysia)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Angle resolved; DES; Power number; RANS; Turbulent kinetic energy; Vortex core

Indexed keywords

ANGLE RESOLVED; DES; POWER NUMBERS; RANS; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; VORTEX CORES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW SEPARATION; FORECASTING; IMPELLERS; KINETIC ENERGY; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; TRANSIENTS; TURBULENCE MODELS; VORTEX FLOW;

TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 84866040315     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.12807     Document Type: Article

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